General remindersFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 23, 2025.
Use every moment before it is gone
“Take advantage of the time you have in your youth, before old age comes to you.”
In one sentence
Time is Allah’s precious and irreversible trust, so believers should use every moment for worship, good deeds, truth, patience, and preparation for the afterlife.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Introduces time as Allah’s most precious, irreversible blessing, more lasting than health or wealth.
- Uses hadiths and sayings of scholars to warn against postponing devotion and wasting youth, health, wealth, and free time.
- Describes death, the grave, Jannah, and the record of deeds to show that wasted moments bring regret and accountability.
- Urges practical habits: replace phone scrolling with dhikr or Quran, value small deeds, and plan each day.
- Closes by warning against useless activity, followed by prayers, a West Bank school-supply appeal, condolence information, and program reminders.
Try this week
Replace some phone scrolling with dhikr or reading the Quran.
Keep a small Quran or tasbih available for short free periods.
Plan and organize each day to maximize beneficial time.
Avoid useless activities that benefit neither worldly life nor the afterlife.
Support displaced children in the West Bank by sponsoring school supplies if able.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“That every moment of your life, as it is fleeting, as it is going by, as that grain of sand is going down, every moment of your life, you are in utter loss.”
“Take advantage of the time you have in your youth, before old age comes to you.”
“Next time I want to pick up Instagram and I want to scroll through it. No, let me keep my phone in my pocket. Let me pick up the book of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for five minutes.”
“Don't let this time go by, my dear respected brothers. This every second of our lives, we will not get it back.”
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